A Palestinian demonstrator jumps over a burning tire during clashes with Israeli troops, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER (Reuters) - The worst fighting on the Gaza Strip front since 2014 is being calibrated by Hamas, which wants to signal defiance of Israel and the United States while being careful not to trigger a new war for the enclave's penned-in Palestinians.
Since President Donald Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy on Dec. 6 by recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Palestinians in Gaza have launched 18 cross-border rockets or mortars - a third of all such attacks in 3-1/2 years of relative quiet.
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